\n\tFor the return of Beautiful People to Paris after a three-year absence, designer Hidenori Kumakiri reached for \u201cPlan D.\u201d<\/p>\n
\n\tNot as a sign of prior failure, mind you. The moniker marked the evolution of the \u201cSide-C\u201d concept of multi-orientation, multi-functional clothing into an approach of make-do resourcefulness applied to a more quotidian \u2013 and now co-ed \u2013 wardrobe.<\/p>\n
\n\tKumakiri said it was more congruent with today\u2019s rapidly shifting circumstances like, say, a sudden weather change.<\/p>\n
\n\tCue a duck-blue duffel coat in solid blue wool that revealed a marled second side; double-ended black leather biker jackets, and nylon blousons and denim jeans that could be worn upside down, with the colors marking each side meeting in handsome gradients. There were also collaborations with ski label Phenix and legendary rock band Queen.<\/p>\n
\n\tBut easier fare didn\u2019t mean Kumakiri\u2019s considerable patterning skills were wasted.<\/p>\n
\n\tOne eyecatcher was a suede and twill jacket, which followed a so-called multi-structure concept. Composed of a double-sided sleeved part and a matching vest, it could be worn at least a dozen ways.<\/p>\n
\n\tThat\u2019s the kind of inventiveness that will keep Beautiful People going, come rain or shine.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
For the return of Beautiful People to Paris after a three-year absence, designer Hidenori Kumakiri reached for \u201cPlan D.\u201d Not as a sign of prior failure, mind you. The moniker marked the evolution of the \u201cSide-C\u201d concept of multi-orientation, multi-functional clothing into an approach of make-do resourcefulness applied to a more quotidian \u2013 and now co-ed \u2013 wardrobe. Kumakiri said it was more congruent with today\u2019s rapidly shifting circumstances like, say, a sudden weather change. Cue a duck-blue duffel coat in solid blue wool that revealed a marled second side; double-ended black leather biker jackets, and nylon blousons and denim jeans that could be worn upside down, with the colors marking each side meeting in handsome gradients. There were also collaborations with ski label Phenix and legendary rock band Queen. But easier fare didn\u2019t mean Kumakiri\u2019s considerable patterning skills were wasted. One eyecatcher was a suede and twill jacket, which followed a so-called multi-structure concept. Composed of a double-sided sleeved part and a matching vest, it could be worn at least a dozen ways. That\u2019s the kind of inventiveness that will keep Beautiful People going, come rain or shine.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":11170,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[2],"tags":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.seekyourlove.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11169"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.seekyourlove.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.seekyourlove.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.seekyourlove.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.seekyourlove.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=11169"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.seekyourlove.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11169\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.seekyourlove.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/11170"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.seekyourlove.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=11169"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.seekyourlove.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=11169"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.seekyourlove.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=11169"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}